Come on, this is the year 2013. SD card space is cheap and reusable. It's not like we're wasting a 24 shot roll of film each day trying to learn a camera. His kids will still be kids for a while, and he'll have it all down before the time he's photographing graduations. He's happy with his investment in a camera. Maybe you could give him some helpful hints or learning exercises other than returning his camera. So far I haven't seen any from you.